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| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
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"There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right."
"We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004
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| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.'
-U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.'
-Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003
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 Friday, 29 November 2002
 < 1:19:55 PM>.
Philippines scolds Canada for embassy closure
A top Philippine official scolded Canada and Australia Friday for the
way they abruptly shut down their embassies because of a perceived
threat from terrorists.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
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Bin Laden tape 'not genuine'. Swiss researchers say they are almost certain that a recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden was made by an impostor. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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The Phoenix-like rise of Henry Kissinger. This man is regarded by many outside the US as a war criminal, so why has George Bush just given him a major job? Julian Borger on the Phoenix-like rise of Henry Kissinger. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Those Europeans who were aware that the old cold warrior was still alive could be forgiven for assuming he was in a cell somewhere awaiting war crimes charges, or living the life of a fugitive, never sleeping in the same bed twice lest human rights investigators track him down.'
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Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Sleeping with the enemy 'Like Bush, the Saudis have a score to settle with Saddam Hussein. They fear him for what he did in 1990 and might, one day, do again. They want him gone. And let us not forget: Iraq's oil is important, too. It has 11% of known world reserves and (even now) the US continues to be the biggest single purchaser of Iraqi oil. The US and Saudi governments have a shared economic interest in, shall we say, regulating that supply. The US will also need help in paying for any war and subsequent occupation.'
A must-read article.
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